If the 28-year-old is not given either a main draw or qualifying wild card, he would have to go through the wild card play-off, which gives lower-ranked British players the chance to earn a spot in qualifying.

But it begins on Wednesday, the day after Evans is due to play his opening match at Queen's against Adrian Mannarino.

Should he win that, Evans would not be prepared to pull out of Queen's, and suggested he could even play two matches in one day if that enabled him to play in both competitions.

He said: "My year doesn't revolve around just trying to play Wimbledon. But it wouldn't be my preference to miss the best slam there is."

The first batch of wild cards will be announced on Wednesday, with Evans the biggest conundrum.

His form on grass is comfortably the best of any home man so far, but as he added: "I've had easily the worst past of any British player."

Evans had been roared on by a capacity Centre Court crowd of 2,248 at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.